A major new stewardship campaign, set up to support the long term availability of the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos, is being launched at this year's fruit industry event, the National Fruit Show. Offering orchard growers the opportunity to register for FREE low drift nozzles (200 sets available on a first-come,…
Read MoreThe first National Fruit Show took place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October 1933, exactly 78 years later, the Show is still representative of its industry. British growers in the 1930s had plenty to contend with, orchards were often overcrowded some had other crops such as gooseberries and blackberries…
Read MoreThe National Fruit Show 2011 will take place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October and boasts a full itinerary to showcase the top fruit industry. The Show opens at 10am on Wednesday 19th October, followed by the Soft Fruit Judging at 10.15am, Tastiest Tomato Judging at 10.30 and the…
Read MoreThe National Fruit Show 2011, which takes place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October, has a full compliment of sponsors this year. The Show has four main Sponsors and this year, the longest standing Norman Collett will be a sponsor for the eighth year running. The company, formed in…
Read MoreThe National Fruit Show 2011 will take place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October. Jim Paice, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, will visit the Show on Wednesday. The MP for South East Cambridgeshire attended Writtle Agricultural College after which he started a career in farm management. The…
Read MoreThe organising committee of the National Fruit Show are pleased to announce that they are again able to offer visitors free entry to the 2012 Show (17th & 18th October). The Society's charitable aims are to 'promote excellence in the fruit industry' commented Show Chair, Sarah Calcutt, 'it is important…
Read MoreInspired by the success of the recent London 2012 Olympic Games this year's National Fruit Show aims to build on the resurgence of being proud to be British. The Olympic and Paralympic games has reawakened a lost sense of pride in our achievements, out patriotism and most importantly a belief…
Read MoreThe organiser of the National Fruit Show, The Marden Fruit Show Society is delighted to announce that there will be a new layout for the 2012 Show. The restructuring of the Show space at the Kent Event Centre, Maidstone has come due to the increasing demand for stand space, a…
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